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When Electric Daisy Carnival first landed at Tinker Field in 2011, Insomniac’s Florida outpost was a modest offshoot of a brand rooted on the West Coast.Fourteen editions later, the former spring training ballpark in downtown Orlando has become EDC’s East Coast home.
The event grew from two days to three in 2019 and now draws roughly 100,000 fans a day.EDC Orlando returns November 6-8 for its 15th edition, a count that skips only the pandemic-canceled 2020 festival.
The top of the bill, featuring Alesso, David Guetta, and Kaskade will feel familiar to longtime fans.But more than 40 artists are making their EDC Orlando debuts, and many of them come from corners of dance music whose devoted club followings have recently been spilling onto festival main stages.
Europe’s techno boom gets a Sunday showcase from Berlin’s Klangkuenstler and Dutch DJ KI/KI, whose fusion of trance, techno and acid has carried her from Amsterdam’s queer club scene to festival stages worldwide.Marlon Hoffstadt, the Berlin DJ behind the trance-tinged hit “It’s That Time,” plays a Sunday sunset set two days after his frequent back-to-back partner MALUGI brings his breakneck, UK-influenced fast house to Friday’s golden hour.
Brunello, Interplanetary Criminal and HAYLA are also among the genre-spanning debuts taking place this weekend.Back-to-back sets make festivals feel extra special and there are plenty at EDC Orlando this year.
Perhaps the most intriguing is Boys Noize b2b Brutalismus 3000 on Sunday, a pairing that brings two debuting acts and a heavy dose of Berlin rave energy to Tinker Field.An hour later, Deorro and DJ Diesel will team up for what might be the rowdiest set of the festival.
On Saturday, Black Tiger Sex Machine and Kai Wachi join forces as Skull Machine, their collaborative project, while Luke Dean and George Smeddles share a sunset set for the UK house lovers.Scroll to continue more from edm Boys Noize, Fatboy Slim...